Hologram

Not to be too much of a 3-D-image-projection party pooper, but: Princess Leia in "Star Wars" projected by R2-D2 into a room and pleading, "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope"? Not a hologram. Correspondent Jessica Yellin and singer will.i.am projected from Chicago into a New York studio Tuesday night during CNN's Election Night coverage? Not holograms, either, despite Yellin's comparing herself to Leia and host Wolf Blitzer's saying, "Jessica, you're a terrific hologram."

Joan Didion began her career chronicling a certain ennui afflicting Californians coming up in the Vietnam era who were quickly losing faith in the society their parents created. She sympathized: "At some point between 1945 and 1967," Didion wrote in "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," her report on the San Francisco counterculture, "we had somehow neglected to tell these children the rules of the game we happened to be playing. " She found...

Tom Hanks is set star in the film adaptation of Dave Eggers' novel "Hologram For the King" with his "Cloud Atlas"director Tom Tykwer helming. X Filme Creative Pool producers Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott and Tykwer are teaming up with Hanks and Gary Goetzman from Playtone to produce the movie. The story is set in a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, where a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave...

Juliette Lewis and Molly Ringwald have been added to Jon M. Chu's live-action version of the Hasbro cartoon " Jem and the Holograms ." Their roles have not been revealed as of yet. Ringwald is known as one of the brat pack as she starred in the 1980's hits "Pretty in Pink," "Sixteen Candles" and "The Breakfast Club. " Ringwald tweeted: On set with @JulietteLewis #JemTheMovie pic.twitter.com/tTYitWJvjj -- Molly Ringwald...

Holograms, those eerie, shimmering images that appear to be three-dimensional, may be the key to developing computers that mimic the human brain and operate a thousand times faster than anything available. Although holograms have fascinated computer scientists for decades, difficulties manipulating information-laden 3-D images that are in reality two-dimensional have stymied efforts to use them in ultrapowerful computer memories. Recent advances in building miniature lasers that can...

" Nashville " actress Aubrey Peeples has been cast as the title character in the live-action adaptation of the popular 1980s cartoon " Jem and the Holograms ." Stefanie Scott, "Pretty Little Liars" thesp Aurora Perrineau and Hayley Kiyoko have also joined the cast. Jon M. Chu is directing and will produce along with Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions and Scooter Braun Productions. The TV series, which was a partnership between Hasbro, Marvel...

Beginning Jan. 1, in a new effort to curb counterfeit driver's licenses, Secretary of State George Ryan will issue cards containing a hologram of the state seal and a profile of Abraham Lincoln, his office said Monday. "It (the hologram) will make it much more difficult, if not impossible, to counterfeit," said Ryan spokesman Mike Murphy. "The new license cards will be numbered and bar-coded, making it easier for us to trace," Murphy added. "We expect a lot...

Jon M. Chu will direct Hasbro's live action " Jem and the Holograms " movie, based on cult 1980s animated series. Blumhouse Prods' Jason Blum will produce the film with Hasbro, Chu and Scooter Braun , the music talent manager who reps Justin Bieber and runs Raymond-Braun Media Group with Usher. The trio announced their involvement in the project on Thursday via an online video on Tumblr. In the video and site , the producers ask fans...

A doctor who suspects that you have a liver disease might like to reach inside your body to pull out the organ, place it on a table and give it a close inspection before making a final diagnosis. Such firsthand examination may not be practical, but the next best thing, a realistic three-dimensional hologram image taken by inserting a small tube down a patient's throat, could become a standard tool of future physicians. Holographic images could be scrutinized under a microscope, giving a...

" Homeland " actress Sarita Choudhury and Omar Elba ("Intelligence") have joined Tom Hanks in the comedic drama "A Hologram for the King." Shooting started in Morocco on Thursday with Tom Tykwer ("Cloud Atlas") directing from his adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel. The independently financed production also stars Tracey Fairaway ("Enough Said"), David Menkin ("Zero Dark Thirty") and Tom Skerritt ("Ted"). "A Hologram for the King" is being...

Sometimes Dave Eggers' accomplishments off the page can eclipse his literary talent. He has launched an energetic network of tutoring centers for young readers and writers - including Chicago's 826CHI - and established an innovative, socially engaged publishing empire, the San Francisco-based McSweeney's. But Eggers' soon-to-be-released seventh book, “A Hologram for the King,” is perhaps some of his most ambitious work yet. His exhilarating, original memoir, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering...

Psalm One: Cristalle Bowen, aka Psalm One, has reinvented herself yet again as Hologram Kizzie and her new “Hug Life” album (Bonafyde), recorded with collaborators such as the Hood Internet, Flosstradamus' Young Josh and Prob Cause, continues to expand her already adventurous universe of sound. Kizzie projects hip-hop street toughness with a melodic flair, balancing the raw and the refined like an artist at the top of her craft, 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hideout, 1354...

Look there. Mike Ditka's Super Bowl ring is waiting to be touched. But reach out to stroke that hard-won jewelry and-wait a minute-your hand moves right through the ring and the coach's hand to rest upon a piece of ordinary glass. Correction. Extraordinary glass. This piece, 12 by 16 inches, had been treated with chemicals and slipped into a specially designed camera in a studio in Evanston to produce a special effect-the newest thing in picture-taking-an image-plane holographic portrait.

A movie version of the Dave Eggers novel " Hologram for the King ," starring Tom Hanks , is headed for a first-quarter start of production, with "Cloud Atlas" director Tom Tykwer helming from his screenplay. Lotus Entertainment made the announcement on the opening day of the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, disclosing that it has come on board to handle international sales for Playtone and X Filme Creative Pool's film adaptation of the novel. CAA reps...

Before you head to Miami for the big game, do yourself a favor and check your ticket for some key features to verify its authenticity. Here's a quick guide: Tickets are printed in three colors, by level. Lower level Upper level Club/Suite Vince Lombardi Trophy is raised and textured. Ticket size: 7 inches by 2.5 inches A blue hologram is located on the top left of the back side (this sentence as published has been corrected in this text). Hologram of trophy alternates...

Hologram Kizzie's "Queen Until" is the latest single and alias of Chicago rapper Psalm One . It's more of her rap of conscience, following the "Child Support" album, a collection of songs the emcee from Englewood recorded through the ASCAP Songwriter Residency @ America SCORES. A collaboration with Psalm's Charm Lab youth mentoring program, she visited with children from many underserved cities around the country in the making of "Child Support. " Why go: Prince...

Following is a summary of current people news briefs. Elvis Presley to be virtually resurrected LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Elvis Presley, the late king of rock'n'roll, is to be virtually resurrected, following in the footsteps of a hologram of late rapper Tupac Shakur, production company Digital Domain Media Group said on Wednesday. The "Hound Dog" singer, who died in 1977 aged 42, will be brought back in a virtual performance by the digital production company, which stunned...

Tom Hanks is set star in the film adaptation of Dave Eggers' novel "Hologram For the King" with his "Cloud Atlas"director Tom Tykwer helming. X Filme Creative Pool producers Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott and Tykwer are teaming up with Hanks and Gary Goetzman from Playtone to produce the movie. The story is set in a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, where a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave...

The weirdest image of the election night was the Jessica Yellin hologram on CNN. If you were watching, you may have seen correspondent Yellin chatting with Wolf Blitzer -- well, a version of her. Yellin was in Chicago for the Obama rally, but she was seen talking to Blitzer via a holographic projection (an idea from "Star Trek," by the way). It looked as though she was standing 10 feet from Blitzer, but she wasn't. It was a flickering, life-size version. She tried to...

Members of John Denver's touring band will perform in "John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert. " The band and a small string section will play backup to original video footage of the late singer-songwriter. Why go: Denver's "Rocky Mountain High,' "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and other songs have left a lasting mark as more than folk and country classics. Reconsider: This may just be weirder than recent hologram performances. Details: 8...